On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > Other one is DHCP. I use static IP most times. Will have to use DHCP > shortly even though I don't want to. > > Which packages do I download to use DHCP on my laptop ? Done > 'apt-cache search dhcp' and a large pile of packages fell across the > screen. Last time I did this the DHCP daemon started on boot up and > locked up the whole system. End result, re-install from scratch. I'd > like to make sure that DHCP is controlled by setenv when the machine > boots.
Why reinstall? If you dont have a dhcp server that gives your client an ip address, your client will wait for a couple of minutes before continuing. Or it will wait forever. I don't remember which :). But every time I for some reason aren't physically connected to a network and wish to reboot, I simply press ctrl-c when my laptop waits to get an ip. And then if I get connected again, and don't wish to restart my laptop, I run "ifup eth0", or if it wont work: "ifdown eth0; ifup eth0". I did a "ps aux" to find any process that could be my dhcp client and found this one: root 3218 0.0 0.0 2168 204 ? S Jun29 0:00 /sbin/dhclient-2.2.x -q eth0 Mine seems to be named "dhclient". That's the one that installed itself when I installed GNU/Debian. Hmm.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l|grep dhcp ii dhcp-client 2.0pl5-11 DHCP Client [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I suppose you could get the same dhcp-client as the one that gets selected by default during a Woody installation if you type this command: apt-get install dhcp-client Then your computer should start asking you a few relevant questions. And then you have to add this to your /etc/network/interfaces file if apt-get doesn't do that automatically for you: # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian # installation auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp However I've never tried to use setenv. It works good enough doing stuff manually. But I know - in the long run it will be easier if I do stuff the "setenv-way" :). -- Regards, Tommy - http://www.geocities.com/todu5811/autosignature?1123 RFC2440 fingerprint: 4445 BB5E AE67 A0C9 7B25 5715 F938 88CB 7A10 2364 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
